A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work. • Any member of the species Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct Equus ferus ferus. • Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including zebras and asses. • A male horse, as opposed to a mare. • Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category). • A component of certain games. • The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a horse. • A xiangqi piece that moves and captures one point orthogonally and then one point diagonally. • A large and sturdy person. • A timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment. • Equipment with legs. • In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high, sometimes (pommel horse) with two handles on top. • A frame with legs, used to support something. • A type of equipment. • A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope. • A breastband for a leadsman. • An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon. • A jackstay. • A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance. • An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see H-O-R-S-E on WikipediaWikipedia ). • The flesh of a horse as an item of cuisine. • A prison guard who smuggles contraband in or out for prisoners. • A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination. • Horseplay; tomfoolery. • A player who has been staked, i.e. another player has paid for their buy-in and claims a percentage of any winnings.